I was at Best Buy last weekend to buy a 56K USR modem internal or
external and all they had in USR's were Winmodems, GRRRRRRR!!!! and
they had a special on 15 GIG Maxor hard drives, for $79 but were out
of them tooo.
We here at ASI highly recommend USR modems (not USR or any other Winmodems)
Jerry
>At 01:48 PM 7/9/2001, you wrote:
>
><plug>
>
>I get the USR 2977 (hardware based pci fax/modem) and the USR 2976
>(hardware based fax modem with voice) for $56.00 and $60.00 (the
>2976 is in a bit of a shortage at the moment. I can also get the
>USR 5686 (external modem) for $99.00 in retail box.
>
></plug>
>
>No modem is like a USR........
>
>~kurth
>
>>Bayard Coolidge USG said:
>>>
>>>Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>>
>>> You can then do something appropriate with the Winmodem,
>>> such as launching it into the Sun.
>>>
>>>Ummm, you might damage the Sun if you did that, but since they're
>>>a competitor, I certainly won't care. If you merely _install_ it
>>>in the Sun, then I suspect all you'll do is load the power supply
>>>a little as I doubt it will work any better there than on your Intel-
>>>based system.
>>
>>Depends - it may add enough load to help heat your house :)
>>>
>>>Seriously, go down to Best Buy or other computer store, get a REAL
>>>modem, preferably PCI, and be done with it. I don't remember the
>>>exact model number now (mine's at home; I'm at work), but USR is
>>>selling (i.e., actively producing lots of, and marketing them) a
>>>real modem that states on the box that it will work under Windows NT
>>>and Linux. That's the one you want. You'll be a lot happier in the
>>>long run, particularly since the modem will be able to do a lot of
>>>things on its own without having to bog down your system the way
>>>the WinModems do.
>>
>>I bought their external box (love the lights - quickest debugging tool
>>there is), but the internal card at Best Buy was $79, and stated it worked
>>with Windows NT, Mac, and Linux (i.e. it's a real modem, not a card that
>>uses your CPU as a wave synthesizer).
>>
>>jeff
>>
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